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Pigeon is not resident in the parts of Arizona in which it breeds — the 

 Transition zone — and there are no published records of breeding during 

 the winter months. In fact, I do not know of a definite record of the 

 occurrence of the species anywhere in the state in mid-winter, and I have 

 had occasion to malce careful search through ornithological literature 

 dealing with Arizona. 



Mr. Craig's objection is abundantly justified by the ridiculous nature 

 of the story he cites, which, without a particle of corroborative evidence, 

 has been so generally accepted as sober truth. It induces me to publish 

 this statement regarding the character of other records from the same 

 source. — H. S. Swarth, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of 

 California, Berkeley, California. 



Pigeon Hawk in South Carolina in Winter. — On February 26, 



1911, I took a specimen of this species {Falco columbarius columbarius) 

 in the brown immature plumage in St. Andrews Parish, near Charleston. 

 The skin is at present in the collection of the Charleston Museum. This 

 is the first record for this species taken during the winter months. Mr. 

 A. T. Wayne records (Auk, XXVIII, 1911, p. 265) the occurrence of two 

 adults which he observed on Nov. 29, 1910, and Jan. 14 and 16, 1911, 

 but was unable to secure. These records establish the Pigeon Hawk 

 as a rare winter visitant in South Carolina. — Julian Mitchell, Jr., 

 Charleston, S. C. 



Red-headed Woodpecker at Newburyport, Mass. — On July 13, 



1912, while engaged in photographing, in a mowing field, the nest and eggs 

 of the Ring-necked Pheasant, my attention was caught by a flash of bold 

 color in a nearby elm, and on the completion of my work with the camera, 

 I went to investigate the owner of the brilliant plumage. Soon locating 

 him on a dead limb near the upper centre of the tree, I readily recognized 

 him as a Red-headed Woodpecker {Melanerpes erythrocephalus) , an un- 

 common bird in this part of New England. I had a good view of him, 

 covering a period of several minutes, as he explored the points of interest 

 on the dead limbs of the tree. After a little while he took flight, in a 

 northerly direction, but although I walked for some little distance, I was 

 unsuccessful in getting another glimpse of him. 



Inquiries in the neighborhood brought out the fact that he had been 

 seen several times, earlier in the season, but I could find no one who knew 

 of his breeding here. Doubtless he was a solitary wanderer who had 

 strayed from his usual range. 



Some twenty years ago a pair of these birds were found nesting in an old 

 orchard in the southern end of the town. Just at the time that the four 

 young, were ready to fly, the whole family was taken, and now graces the 

 private collection of a resident of the town. — S. Waldo Bailey, New- 

 buryport, Mass. 



